Steven Helmer Publications

My wife and I won't be able to celebrate Valentine's Day this year, both because of work and parental commitments. So, as we were running errands today, we stopped by Rocky Rococo's and got one of their heart-shaped pizzas, as has become tradition for us. After getting back and picking up the kids from my parents' house, my kids expressed some disappointment over not getting some of the pizza too. So, I ended up ordering a couple others from Marco's Pizza here in town and we had that for dinner. Of the pizzas, I think I enjoyed the one from Rocky Rococo's best. The one from Marco's wasn't bad. But, it was thin crust, which I'm not a huge fan of, while the first pizza was much more filling.

I had to run some errands at lunch today and didn't have a chance to eat all that much as a result. Because of that, I ended up going to Kwik Trip about an hour later so I could get something to help me get through the rest of my day. After yesterday's disappointment with their chili soup , I decided to stick with something more classic and filled my cup with their Kitchen Cravings Chicken & Dumpling variety instead. This, as it turns out, ended up being a good choice. The soup had a good flavor to it, it wasn't bland like yesterday's choice and had just enough seasonings in it to give it a good, comforting taste. I also liked how thick and chunky this soup was, with plenty of vegetables in it, an acceptable quantity of chicken and plenty of dumplings. I ended up adding crackers to it out of habit. But, I would have enjoyed it with or without those. In fact, the soup didn't last me very long once I got it back to my desk. This is unusual for me, norm...